Pieridae Coliadinae Coliadini Colias chrysotheme Colias erate
Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Clouded Yellow
Genus: Colias Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonims (species):
   crocea auct.
C. croceus (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 27, 1961
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. croceus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female laying eggs), Vivaro (Roma), Italy, July 2003
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. croceus (© Peter Groenendijk)
Adult (female), Grignan, Drome, France, September 2002
(Photo by Peter Groenendijk, Anything but common)
C. croceus (© Peter Groenendijk)
Adult, Montagne de la Lance, Drome, France, September 2002
(Photo by Peter Groenendijk, Anything but common)
C. croceus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. croceus (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female, f. helice), Amaseno (Frosinone), Italy, October 5, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
C. croceus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. croceus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. croceus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, June 30, 2002
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Foodplants:
Trifolium, Medicago, Onobrychis, Lotus, Coronilla, Melilotus, Hippocrepis, Astragalus and other Fabaceae
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